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Kama buys a former Ford electric vehicle production plant

  • October 13, 2022
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Rosatom State Corporation can become a co-investor in the Kama-1 electric vehicle project. After that, the start-up owners plan to buy the former Ford plant in Naberezhnye Chelny,

Kama buys a former Ford electric vehicle production plant

Rosatom State Corporation can become a co-investor in the Kama-1 electric vehicle project. After that, the start-up owners plan to buy the former Ford plant in Naberezhnye Chelny, which has been inactive since 2019, for $20 million. There, the production of “electric trains” will be set up.

The fact that the state-owned company Rosatom will participate in the project launched by the head of KamAZ Sergey Kogogin and banker Ruben Vardanyan is reported by RTVI, citing its own sources. On this basis, the Kama-1 electric cars were even renamed Atom. Negotiations are also underway regarding cooperation with Kaspersky Lab and Yandex.

Judging by the estimate, the launch of mass production of innovative machines will require $400 million in investment. The partners already have 250 million, that is 150 more. It is expected that Rosatom will invest 20 million and the missing funds will be attracted by external investors. At the same time, the state-owned company is willing to spend money only on the purchase of electric motors, traction batteries and other electronic components.

As for other interested parties, according to the Motor1 website, Yandex will test prototypes. It is also possible that part of the taxi fleet will be transferred to electric trains in the future. And Kaspersky will develop a secure gateway for information exchange for these machines.

The fact that the state-owned company Rosatom will participate in the project launched by the head of KamAZ Sergey Kogogin and banker Ruben Vardanyan is reported by RTVI, citing its own sources. On this basis, the Kama-1 electric cars were even renamed Atom. Negotiations are also underway regarding cooperation with Kaspersky Lab and Yandex.

Judging by the estimate, the launch of mass production of innovative machines will require $400 million in investment. The partners already have 250 million, that is 150 more. It is expected that Rosatom will invest 20 million and the missing funds will be attracted by external investors. At the same time, the state-owned company is willing to spend money only on the purchase of electric motors, traction batteries and other electronic components.

As for other interested parties, according to the Motor1 website, Yandex will test prototypes. It is also possible that part of the taxi fleet will be transferred to electric trains in the future. And Kaspersky will develop a secure gateway for information exchange for these machines.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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